31 Quotes by Tommy Ramos

Right now they're the team to beat. We're picked first in the conference and the rankings are just a big bulls-eye. It gets everybody's attention and helps motivate the teams we're playing. We've got to show up too.

(The weather) kind of relaxes you. We talked about just staying focused, keep everything short and simple and not to press and just let it come. But at the same time, we had to stay aggressive at the plate and on the bases.

This is typical of most Midland College-Howard College softball games. It comes down to execution, who makes the errors and really who wants it. I thought the girls did a really good job and the work we did this week really paid off.

I told the girls to learn from their mistakes in the first game and stay aggressive at the plate. And we did. Again, the winner came down to who made the fewest mistakes.

Considering the conditions and how bad it really was I thought the girls did a good job of executing at the plate. Our defense just got comfortable when they made the errors. We stopped being aggressive.

It was a good start. The girls were anxious and we got some new freshmen in some new positions and I thought they played well. Our sophomores were big as well as it showed that they were familiar with what needed to get done.

They could have easily been thinking about a warm room or a warm bed, but they focused and got the job done.

They weren't being aggressive and they could never find their rhythm. When you have runners get on at the top of the lineup, we've got to have them produce. We'll go back and work on it this week.

Their experience and pressures they had to go through last year only made them better, so when we come to those pressure situations this year, I feel comfortable they'll respond and not stress out over it.